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(No Modem" K COMBINED COLLAR STUD AND GRVAT HOLDER" No. 292,517', iPatented Jan. 29,1834.,

UNITED STATI-3s' PATIENT FIIcI-i.

E. sMITH sTnAIT, or TROY, Nnw YORK.

COMBINED COLLAR-STUD AND CRAVAT-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters `:Patent No. 292,517,`datedJanuary 29, 1884. Application filed June 30, 1883. (Xo model.)

To a/ZZ whom, t may concern:

Be it vknown that l, E. SMITH STRAIT, of

the cityof Troy, county of Rensselaer, and

State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement inCombined Collar-Studs and Cravat-Holders, of which the following isaspecification.

' My invention relates to an attachment to that class of articles knownas collar-studs,77 and which in the main are used to connect collars tothe neckbands of shirts. These collar-studs or button-studs,77 as theyare 'sometimes called, are made to have a flat shoe and a head, whichare intermediately connected by a shank that is variously Inodied inform.

My invention consists, as will be more fully detailed hereinafter, inthe combination, with `the head of a collar-stud, of adownwardlyprojected spur, arranged so that said spur will hook into thecravat in the inside facing ofthe latter, where nearest the neck of thewearer, to thus hold the cravat in place and prevent its working up.

Accompanying this specification, and forming a part of it, isa sheet ofdrawings containing three iigures illustrating my invention, and in allof which gures the same designation of parts by letter-reference isused.

Figure 1 shows a perspective of a collar-stud containing my inventionkinwhich the head is hinged to the connecting-shank, so as to be turned u pedgewise thereon. Fig. 2 illustrates, in a cross-vertical section,thecollar-stud shown at Fig. 1. Fig. 3.shows a perspective of the samedevice shown in Figs. l and 2, with the outer button turned up edgewiseon its hinged connection made with the shank.

. and D the shank connecting said head and- The several parts of thedevice thusillustrated are designated by letter-reference, and theirfunction explained as follows:.

AThe letter B indicates thehead; B2, the shoe,

shoe. y

The letter S indicates a spur that is downfunction of this spur is toengage with the cravat when worn, so as to hook into or onto the latterto keep it in place, and thus prevent its working up on the neck of thewearer.

To adapt my invention to a collar-stud having its head hinged at H tothe connecting-bar, the head is pierced and an opening, O, made thereinfor the passage of the spur, and the latter is attached tothe shank, asshown at Figs. 1, 2, and 3, itY being intended that the part of the spurprojecting through the aperture in the head shall perform the desiredfunction.

The shank D is preferably made to have fiat sides to adapt it to thebutton-hole in which it is worn, and the spur is preferably applied toproject downwardly in a position to be opposite one of the flat sides ofthe shank.`

When a collar-stud containing my invention is used, it is applied in theusual manner to connect the collar with the shirt neckband. The cravator tie is then put on and'adj usted in a position to suit thewearer,with the spur hooked into or onto the tie or cravat as placed,where the latter is firmly held and secured by the connection thus made,and in such amanner as to prevent working up from the Inovement of theneck.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent,

In a collar-stud, the combination, with the rshoe, shank, and ahingedhead formed or provided withza'fperforation, of a spur or prong attachedto the shank and adapted to enter the perforation in the head,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.-

Signed at the city of Troy this 28th day of June, 1883in the presence oftwo witnesses.

E. SMITH STRAIT.

Witnesses:

VGHARLEs S. BRINTNALII, HENRY STAMPER.

wardly 'projected through. the head B', andthe-

